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17 This map shows the townlands around Gilford, Co. Down. The slightly darker blue waters around the river Bann, show where it's water have been used to supply the many linen mills which used to operate along it's banks. Frederick Maynard Sinton lived in Banford House, Knocknagore and Thomas Tertius Sinton lived in Whitelands, named as such because the fields around it used to be white with linen bleaching in the sun. Annie Dorothy Sinton married Capt. Thomas F Ferguson in Tullylish Parish Church, 1922. These maps are intended SOLELY for the non-commercial use of family history research. |
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